2025 F1 Dutch Grand Prix practice as it happened

Recap Friday practice at the 2025 F1 Dutch Grand Prix

Here's how things stacked up after a busy FP2 session at Zandvoort

Connor McDonagh

29 Aug 2025

11:46

Current order

Verstappen, Sainz, Albon, Alonso, Piastri, Norris, Stroll, Tsunoda, Hulkenberg and Hamilton.

11:44

Antonelli

Antonelli: "I'm stuck in the gravel"

And we have our first red flag of the weekend🚩#F1 #DutchGP pic.twitter.com/Gn0jl1P0YM
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 29, 2025

11:41

Red flag

Antonelli has beached his Mercedes.

11:40

A spin for Hamilton

He spins at Turn 2, but somehow keeps it out of the barriers.

11:39

Alonso

Alonso lowers the benchmark now in FP1, setting a 1m12.577s.

11:38

Good time from Tsunoda

Tsunoda improves to fourth for Red Bull, 0.3s off on the hards.

11:36

Piastri goes fastest

A 1m12.678s for Piastri, 0.089s ahead of Verstappen.

11:36

Verstappen takes to the top

A 1m12.767s for Verstappen, 0.5s ahead of Hamilton.

11:35

First times on the board

A 1m13.863s for Sainz on the mediums, just ahead of Tsunoda.

11:30

FP1 is underway

The first practice session of the weekend is underway.

11:23

A reminder of the standings

The top 10 with 10 races to go 👀#F1 #DutchGP pic.twitter.com/h1HqI1GYCi
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 29, 2025

11:10

Big news ahead of the weekend

The big news ahead of the weekend was Cadillac announcing their first driver line-up for 2026.

Valtteri Bottas is returning to F1 alongside Sergio Perez. Bottas has been Mercedes' test and reserve driver in 2025, acting as a mentor to Kimi Antonelli.

Perez has been on the sidelines after losing his Red Bull drive.